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Is economic reform of the Communist system in China enough?
With the emergence of Deng Xiao Ping into the forefront of the Chinese Communist Party, the regime has incrementally loosened its authoritarian and centralized control of the economy. Propelled by DXP's economic ideology of "it doesn't matter what color the cat is, as long as the cat catches the mouse," the communist regime set up Special Economic Zones, opening up to Western countries to come and invest capital in local factories. Since the 1960s, the Chinese state's economic liberalization and openness to the West has ushered in much socio-economic and political progress. Economic reform has influenced political conformity to international standards of cooperation. But economic reform is still just what it is, economic. And although it may influence other domestic and international stratums of culture, politics, and class, it is not the determinative factor that defines the Chinese Communist state. A dissection of the status quo and revisionist interpretations of China's recent and historical actions in the international and domestic arenas will reveal that while China's economic liberalization has meant increasing normalization with the West, it does not compensate for the fundamental structural and sociological discrepancy. Although the United States currently has a cooperative relationship of mutuality, on issues of increasing economic prowess, compliance with international norms, political ideology, and regional aggression, the gap between the U.S. and the Chinese Communist regime is still too wide to be permanently bridged by economic reform alone.
The view that perceives China as a status quo state subscribes to the theory that economic reform and globalization will influence international cooperation by facilitating social, cultural and political conformity with the West. Evidence of the increasing institutional cooperation can be observed in the state's economic decentralization, diplomatic normalization, military inferiority, and the conciliatory relationship with the US since 9/11. Many scholars optimistically project that economic incentives will lead to greater strategic cooperation with the US. Economic reform and liberalization are predicted to trickle down to influence the political disposition of the regime and be a means of more cooperative diplomacy with the US. The progress made in liberalizing economic ideology and decentralizing the market and opening up to the western world has definitively affected the free trade in China. The tariff rate has decreased dramatically, facilitating more open trade, making China the single largest recipient of foreign capital in the developing world. The tariff rate has decreased from 40% in 1992, to 20% in 1997.
The economic and status incentives based purely on strategic terms, make a compelling case for the Chinese regime to embrace the international norms of a market economy. Alastair Johnston attributes China's embrace of economic marketization as an indication of their desire to expand economically by writing, "Chinese leaders realize that this economic growth – hence their legitimacy – comes from integration into the global capitalist institutions, not isolation from them…" Johnston adds, that China is not a threat to the current international order because under this system, "China can ensure its own national interests."
This economic trend has influenced administrative decentralization in the creation of a legal framework to protect commercial transactions and enhance China's performance in international competitiveness. Commenting on China's increasing involvement in the economic system of accountability, Richard Baum and Alexei Shevchenko write, "rapid economic development and technological modernization would require large infusions of foreign capital similarly meant that Chinese leaders would need to pay greater attention to foreign concerns." China's increasing necessity of foreign capital investment implies an increasing responsibility to pay attention to foreign affairs.
China's open economic policy has seen more compliance with international rules of protocol and participation in international clubs which shows a disposition to cooperate in the long run. Although viewed as irrationally irresponsible in the past, the current public image of China is that of a more gentle, conciliatory state that desires to be seen as a "good citizen". Initial admission into the World Trade Organization acutely displays the compliance that the Chinese state is willing to offer for economic gain. Motivated by a desire to gain the advantageous tariff and status benefits of a WTO club membership, China completely transformed its administrative and legal infrastructure. In November of 1999, after it conceded to a series of unprecedented market-opening agreements with the US, China was given WTO membership. China has shown a readily eager desire to increase its openness to the West in exchange for more economic and social modernization. Although China has been guilty of cheating on some WTO rules and regulations, it does not overtly cheat in a manner that is different from the way the rest of the WTO countries tend to cheat. It is also not a standardized cheating that comes from the central government but rather happens on the local level from smaller organizations that are responding to international competitive pressure. Thus economic incentives have led to increasing diplomatic normalization in standard ethical procedure in international cooperation.
China's economic dependence and military inferiority make diplomatic aggression unlikely. China's military and economic inability to compete with the prowess of the US makes it virtually inconceivable for them to close in on the United States' technological advantage to be a realistic and formidable threat. Thomas J. Christensen describes the relative inability of Chinese military technology to compare to the US' superiority by writing, "China does not appear poised to become a peer competitor of the United States. If it were to do so, China's economic growth and increasing technological sophistication must allow China to close the gap with the American military, (and) create power projection capabilities that would threaten the American position in East Asia." But China's inability to prove military and economic equality with the US verifies the lack of military threat and rivalry. Christensen also adds that China has the potential to accelerate its progress, but its backwardness in military modernization, its own institutional and bureaucratic obstacles, and its dependence on outsourcing for defense technologies makes this an unlikely development. It seems more likely that the international strategy for the next twenty to thirty years is to develop the ability to become a regional peer competitor. China's military power is limited and thus is paralyzed in its ability to project military force making it an unlikely state for militaristic aggression against the U.S. The Chinese military only has about twenty, outdated ICBM's as opposed to the US's thousands. Experts say that they are least 20 years behind the US in technology. In the 2000 White Paper on National Defense, made by PLA strategists, Chinese analysts concluded that China could not realistically think of replacing the US as the regional hegemon. China's inability to fend for itself militarily shows a lack of physical evidence of China's attempt to balance the power struggle against the US making it an unlikely rival.
In addition to the economic interaction that China and the US has forged with the open market policy, political cooperation has emerged largely as a result of post-9/11 circumstances of alignment along issues of anti-terrorism. Before the 1980s, Sino-US relations were interdependent because of the united front that they posed against the mutual threat of the Soviet Union. But after the dissolution of the USSR, China did not need to rely on the US' protection from the Soviet power anymore. Only recently has China's marriage of convenience with the US been renewed by unprecedented cooperation, that is based largely on strategic interests aligned on the issues of anti-terrorism. Radical, Islamic terrorists along the borders of Tibet and Northern China have become a significant issue for the regime that detests insubordinate behavior. China has been growing weary of radical Islam threatening the stability of the state. And with the Bush administration needing as much international support for its plight against terrorist groups, it has reconciled differences and embraced the Chinese alliance in the war against terrorism. On the unpredictable threat of North Korea, China has also acted as the liaison to bring them to the negotiating table with the US by using oil as an economic leverage. Thus showing that US cooperation with China is a current trend that is both mutual and beneficial. 9/11 provided an opportunity to show the US that on the issues that matter, China is a reliable and dependable ally not a competitive rival.
While economic liberalization, diplomatic normalization, military inferiority and the current conciliatory relationship with the US, are trajectory observations of Chinese cooperation with the US, they are merely speculative and based largely on short term assumptions, not long term analysis. The realist approach to assessing patterns of Chinese competition with the US determines that it's increasing economic growth, noncompliance with international norms, domestic politics, and regional aggression reveal a Chinese regime that is emerging as a formidable threat. Economic reform has made China stronger and more economically sufficient. But as the state liberalizes economically, it still clings to the socialist ideology that influences its culture, politics and socio-economic stratums. Thus this institutional disjuncture will result in economic rivalry and threaten the US' interests in Asia and elsewhere.
The status quo argument overemphasizes the economy's influence on international relations. But a revisionist approach takes a more comprehensive assessment that engages a discourse that examines the interactions between the economy and politics not just the effects of the economy. Economic normalization is different from political normalization. Although China is liberalizing economically, this does not mean that it is doing so for the purpose of free and open trade, as it results from a free and open society, but rather is motivated purely by an economic incentive of aggrandizement not democratization. There is no doubt that China is making economic strides to becoming a real world player. But this economic independence and growth is seen by revisionists as evidence of China's imminent threat. A staple of traditional realist theory interprets expansive economic growth as having the potential to be converted into military aggression. Economic might implies military might, which makes China an increasing threat to the US. Whether China is democratic, or autocratic is not even that relevant to the situation anymore; because even if China did democratize and conform to international norms its increasing militaristic capability would be a threat. Although China is currently behind the US in military technology, revisionists reprimand the status quo scholars that the US should stop trading with China since each dollar that they get goes to their military might. As of the late 1990s the Chinese military spending has been increasing and the state has been beefing up its own security measures. Thus the revisionist camp sees Chinese economic growth as a vehicle to militaristic threat.
While China has seen unprecedented participation in international clubs and has conformed to many norms, it still does not accept many of the rules of the international community especially in regards to human rights. It seems almost irrational for China to be dissatisfied with international rules because the rules have been so beneficial to helping China achieve economic viability and legitimacy but as Johnston writes, "China has not demonstrated sufficiently that it will play by so-called international rules." Johnston also adds that a civilizing discourse on China reveals that it is not yet a truly civilized state because of its issues on human rights in political and civil liberties. Johnston writes, "liberal democracies and human rights nongovernmental organizations routinely and accurately point out the violation of human rights in China". The Tiananmen Square massacre and even the recent crack down on religion show that China has only made marginal changes in their approach to human rights and is still an authoritarian dictatorship. A report on civil rights released by the US Congress showed that their approach to Christians, Tibetians and to dissidents has not changed much. Another example of this monolithic, authoritarian system of censorship can be observed in the Chinese government's response to S.A.R.S. The government not only denied the accurate number of cases they had, but also prevented the World Health Organization from going to Taiwan when the outbreak spread there. The Chinese Communist regime still violates common rules of protocol by allowing its ideologically, motivated authoritarian disposition to dictate its domestic actions.
China has recently prioritized working on their membership in the international community especially with the articulation of the "grand strategy", but this participation has been nominal and superficial, not foundational. Chinese voting patterns in international clubs also reveal a divergence from US conformity, as Shevchenko and Baum found, "Chinese and American voting patterns in the United Nations reveal significant differences." They add a cautionary warning by writing, "such diverse patterns of coincidental voting suggest that great caution is needed in offering generalized interpretations of normative convergence."
The incongruence of Chinese political ideology with democratic norms of the US, has set a precedent of short term and unpredictable international alliances in the formulation of "united fronts" and its socialist ideology. Post-9/11 relations of mutuality with the US can be attributed largely to advantageous short term gains, not long term cohesion on international diplomatic priorities. While uniting against radical, Islamic, terrorists is now binding the two states together, permanent cohesion between the US and China in the long run can not be guaranteed. Citing historical evidence of this diplomatic tendency, Baum and Shevchenko write, "when PRC leaders feel threatened, they tend to enter into 'united fronts' with erstwhile adversaries in order to enhance security against a common threat. When the threat diminishes the united front weakens." Just like it grew increasingly independent from the US after the Soviet Union dissolved, China has the potential to follow this same pattern of fickle diplomacy, where it will abandon unity when a common threat is no longer present. A security dilemma could easily lead to a redefinition of its singular interests.
The question of Chinese political ideology is also a sociological and structural one. Is it even possible to socialize a dictatorial, nationalistic state? The nature of the regime reveals a discontented state that is looking to challenge the US' uni-polar hegemonic status in the world. Realists site historical examples comparing China's rise to power with that of other revisionist states such as fascist Japan and Nazi Germany. And given the historical precedent of a Sino-centric disposition in being the self-proclaimed "middle kingdom," many scholars note the possibility of a return to a tribute system, where smaller states defer to China's interests. Noting the Chinese potential for threat, before she became the National Security Advisor, Condoleeza Rice stated that "china is not a 'status quo' power." Particularly in regards to China's coercive diplomacy towards Taiwan the regional aggression seems to be becoming a more serious threat.
The realist theory subscribes to the principle that rising powers are inevitably interested in challenging the power distribution of existing institutions. Alastair Johnston writes on China's regional aggression, "China has a clear goal of establishing regional hegemony and will do so as its relative power increases." China is expanding and according to the "Theory of China Threat," the growth has also seen a correlative pattern of assertive behavior as displayed in the 3rd Taiwan Strait Crisis of 1996 and in the South China Sea. The territorial threat of China on its neighbors over the strategically useless Spratly Islands in the South China Sea, reveal China's aggressive disposition. The international community perceived its actions as aggressive and reconfirmed their suspicions of China emerging as the new bully in Asia.
Evidence of revisionist tendencies is provided in the Chinese leadership's goals in relation to Taiwan, which illustrates its propensity towards breaking the status quo in cross strait relations. While the US has taken a stance of supporting the status quo and the one china policy, the possibility of responding to Chinese aggression in cross-strait relations is still an eminent prospect. Alastair Johnston describes the military and political action being taken to respond to the Taiwanese situation by writing, "Military modernization programs, training exercises, and doctrinal innovation in the People's Liberation Army, particularly since the Taiwan Strait crisis of 1996 are aimed to a large degree at dealing with Taiwanese separation." And it would be naïve and irresponsible to perceive China's lack of relative material strength, as a deterrent to challenging the interests of a stronger state, like the US. A weaker China could still challenge the United States, according to Thomas Christensen, based on four perceptions: a threat to Chinese national security and stability, US' lack of military commitment in fighting, US military preoccupation elsewhere, and US' separation from regional allies. Chinese scholars use historical examples of the US' half-hearted commitment to show how the more desperate attempts of weaker states could defeat the US. Historical examples of military engagement in Somalia and Vietnam give Chinese scholars ammunition to argue for how the US military is not inviolable. Chinese scholars perceive the US prioritization of human life as a weakness and liability against the US military interests. A National defense University Professor, Zhang Zhaozhong stated, "Americans give the impression that they are generous people who want to help when they see something unjust, but underneath this superficial image, they are in fact extremely selfish…Americans can never afford to take a beating… the US is unlikely to fight a large scale war for the sake of Taiwan." The perceived US military weakness and China's increasing confidence in its own ability to defeat the US could lead to aggression in Cross Strait relations which would entail US military engagement.
It is evident that China's increasing economic prowess, noncompliance with international norms, political ideology and regional aggression show an increasing susceptibility to becoming a formidable US economic and political rival. But while complete exclusion of Chinese political diplomacy and economic exchange is realistically infeasible, absolute admission of the Chinese Communist regime is not permissible. On the spectrum of extreme engagers and isolators of Chinese interaction, the healthy medium would that of a partnership of paranoia. While the US cannot afford to isolate China from political and economic engagement, it must do so with much discernment and resolute shrewdness.
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The singer – who dated Sharapova briefly – told a Russian publication that he was less than impressed with her playing technique.
"She wouldn't make any noise during sex," Levine said. "I can't tell you how disappointed I was. I really thought, like a lot of guys, that she'd be the loud screaming type.
"But instead, she just lay there like a dead frog. She even got angry if I started to moan, said it 'ruined her concentration.'
"It was so disillusioning that I went on Paxil for a month afterwards.
"Really, it was much more of a shock than when I found out there's no such thing as the Easter Bunny."
I think this Adam Levine is the one who really looks like a frog that is why Masha had a horrified silence.
Maria Sharapova now is a woman who doesn't need to care about her look because she is beautifull.
Novak Djokovic says that Maria is still sexy. I think Maria&Novak are more than just friends.
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Sweetest Day
Set of 4 Soup Cereal Bowls
Sweetest Day brings the vibrant life of a spring garden to your table for a charming, casual look. The fresh feel of a bright day is captured with a design of vivid red, orange, and blue flowers intertwined with a honeycomb border. There's even a bee buzzing around to soak in the sweetness! Crafted of stoneware. Microwave and dishwasher safe. From cereal in the morning to soup at lunch and ice cream for dessert, this bowl is a must-have. Set of 4 soup/cereal bowls, each holds 16 ounce.


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For our two-year anniversary, Andrew and I wanted to celebrate by sky diving; a plunge we have both dreamed of doing. Due to some circumstances, we had to postpone our jump. After 1 ½ years of patiently waiting, we finally managed to find the time and the money to scratch an item off our bucket-list. On July 17, 2010, Andrew and I made the 2-hour drive down to Skydive Midwest in Sturtevant, WI. The day was packed with anxious first-time divers including ourselves. After 5 hours of patiently and anxiously waiting, it was finally our turn. Before boarding the plane, Andrew had told both of our cameramen that he planned on proposing after we landed; I had absolutely no idea! After many flips and turns 15,000 feet in the air, Andrew managed to land on the ground safely with the ring still in his pocket. I landed smoothly on the ground only to get the biggest surprise of my life. Andrew got down on one knee and asked me to marry him! Words cannot describe all the emotions that I was feeling at that moment; this honestly was the best day of our lives and we couldn't be happier!
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Wow, absolutely wonderful!
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You have my vote and love!!!
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So very sweet!
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Great Video very sweet just perfect, song, idea everything I voting for this one :)
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Loved it!!!
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What a great memory! I get the goosebumps every time I see this!!! Good luck!
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So sweet! congrats guys ^.^
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SO sweeeeet!
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adorable video for an adorable couple!!!! what a beautiful day they had in every way!
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Great Video! What song is in the background? Wishing you many more adventures together....


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Unemployment Extension Update – November 14, 2011
There are two separate unemployment extensions being discussed in Congress at the moment:
- HR 3346 – The Emergency Unemployment Compensation Extension Act of 2011
- HR 589 – The Emergency Unemployment Compensation Expansion Act of 2011
While they have similar names, the two pieces of legislation are quite different. We highlight the details, and how they might impact you, below.
HR 3346 – The Emergency Unemployment Compensation Extension Act of 2011
Federal unemployment benefits — the unemplyoment benefits you receive after the 26 weeks of Regular Benefits are exhausted — are set to expire on December 31, 2011. If this happens, as many as 2 million unemployed Americans will lose benefits in January 2012.
Last week, legislation was introduced that would extend these benefits through the end of 2012. As a reminder, these federally-funded unemployment benefits provide anywhere from 34 to 73 weeks of additional unemployment insurance after state-funded regular benefits run out.
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The Emergency Unemployment Compensation Extension Act has support in Congress, and will definitely receive more attention in the coming weeks. If history is a guide, given the extensions that passed in the last two years, it seems likely that this bill will pass, even if it happens after the December 31st deadline.
HR 589 – The Emergency Unemployment Compensation Expansion Act of 2011
As mentioned, the Federal unemployment benefits provide extensions resulting in a total of up to 99 weeks of unemployment insurance. That said, millions of American workers have exhausted the total number of available weeks.
The Emergency Unemployment Compensation Expansion Act, sponsored by Representative Barbara Lee, would
add an additional 14 weeks of benefits for those who have already received the maximum number of weeks of Federal unemployment benefits.
Also referred to as "Tier 5″, this expansion of benefits has been discussed over the last several months, but has yet to gain the necessary support in Congress. The most recent efforts made by Representative Barbara Lee and her co-sponsors have attempted to incorporate this legislation into the President's jobs bill.
We will continue to keep you updated on both pieces of legislation, as well as The American Jobs Act.


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Would any of you please tell me how you would burn a sparsed disk-image to a single-layered DVD? I want to install Leopard OS X 10.5 on my iMac G5 (Processor 2 GHz PowerPC).
I got a slimmed-down version of Leopard so I could install it from my disk-drive, but the disk-image was split into several parts (sparsed-files shown below) so I don't know how to put together the divided/sparsed files, which need to become 1 whole disk-image before I can burn it to a single-layered DVD.
Thanks to those who may provide any help in regards to this topic. I'd appreciate any advice or a quick-guide/tutorial on how to do what this person did, here:
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I Used a sparsed DVD image, all the non essential files removed i.e. all language files other than English etc this Image was only 4.21 Gig and the DVD ended up just over 5 Gig as opposed to over 7.5 Gig.
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Gift Ideas From Our Arts Staff
We're all looking for a little help from our friends this time of year. We've chosen three levels of gifts for the novice, fan and expert in pop music, jazz, classical, books, museums, theater and movies. Perhaps you'll find just the thing to satisfy that hard-to-shop for person on your list, or better yet, something for yourself. (Prices listed are suggested retail and may vary at links provided.)
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Give Misha for the holiday with tickets to see legendary dancer-actor Mikhail Baryshnikov in the world premiere of "Man in a Case" at Hartford Stage, 50 Church St. The new play is adapted from a short story by Anton Chekhov, adapted and directed by Annie-B Parson and Paul Lazar from the Big Dance Theater in New York City. The show, "a fusion of theater, movement, music and video," runs Feb. 21 to March 24 and tickets are sure to be harder to come by as we get closer to the run. Information and ticket prices: 860-527-5151 and hartfordstage.org.
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Fizzy Lemonade - This powdered oil based color is approved for use in soaps and lotions. Unlike some neon colors on the marketplace, it is FDA approved for skincare products. As a fun little twist, it does glow under a black neon light. For external use only (which means, no lip products). This colorant is not approved for eye make up.
Instructions for Use: To use in melt and pour, disperse and mix well in liquid glycerin (similar to working with a pigment). We found that our Mini Mixer makes quick work of the dispersing! While this is a non-bleeding colorant, if you add too much to your soap it can migrate into other colors in the soap design or stain washcloths. We recommend starting out at 1/16th to 1/8th teaspoon per pound for melt & pour soaps. For cold process, add ½ teaspoon of oxide to 1 ounce of a carrier oil like Sweet Almond or Olive Oil and mix well using a mini mixer – add 1 teaspoon of this mixture to your batch. For more information on oxides in soap, check out this blog post.
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In a story earlier this week, it was revealed that the state's university system will be in line for one of the deepest cuts. In that story, buried toward the back, there was a list that included some of the choices that will be facing the university system regents if and when the budget ax falls. Among them were staff reductions, raising tuition, closing the community college campuses and, almost unbelievably, the elimination of athletic programs at both the University of Nevada, Reno and the University of Nevada, Las Vegas.
It is the latter choice that could stir up a firestorm of controversy if it comes up for consideration. For all the sports buffs, there is an equal, and possibly larger, group of people who believe that education is the primary duty of any institution of higher learning. If those camps have to go at it against one another, it would be a donneybrook of epic proportions. Currently, the feeling is that athletics should be self-supporting following whatever share they get out of the total university budget. Because of lucrative TV deals, gate sales and the huge support from private donors, that might be the case. On the other hand, it is well known that the university sports programs that actually generate the largest share of the income are the football and basketball (men's) departments. Since Title IX came into being, equal money from the athletic department has to be doled out fairly to both men's and women's programs.
The guy caught in the crosshairs of this impending problem is UNR president Milton Glick. He will have to abide by whatever decision the NSHE Board of Regents ultimately makes but he should have a great deal of input as to what that decision should be.
The one thing the present crisis has done is boost the flagging popularity of Gov. Jim Gibbons since his approach to the problem is simply, "You have to live within your means." Backing that up is the current economy that doesn't support raising taxes as an alternative. In a state that is in one of the worst financial situations in the country, it would be foolhardy to think the populace is in any mood for tax hikes.
Many critics of former Nevada Gov. Kenny Guinn are saying that the former head of state should never have squandered the $300 million that he returned to the people while State Sen. Bill Raggio was campaigning to have that money go into the rainy day fund. Well, currently it looks more like a deluge than a rainy day for the state. Another item on which Guinn received as much criticism as he did praise was his institution of the Millennium Scholarship with its low grade point average for qualification. Many who toiled in positions on the UNR campus in those early years noted that it was a "paid vacation" for many freshmen, who neither knew what they wanted to pursue as a course of study or who were not interested in attending any classes at all. That problem was partly corrected when the grade entry levels were finally raised, but looking at the Guinn record is a little like crying over spilled milk.
Whatever the special session produces, it will probably not be too satisfying to gubernatorial aspirants who will have to live with those decisions until the 2011 regular session of the Legislature. No one knows who will be residing in the governor's mansion following this year's election but Gibbons is fully committed to seeking another term.
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Sunday evening at the Siena Hotel in downtown Reno, revelers were treated to a memorial party marking the 10th anniversary of the Mapes hotel implosion, which occurred on Jan. 30, 2000. Held in the main ballroom of the Siena, which is on the second flood just above the drive-up portecochere, the event attracted close to 250 guests, many of them dressed in 1950s attire.
The event was sponsored by the Truckee Preservation Society, namely Renta Neuman. Former Reno City Councilwoman Toni Harsh, who labored mightily to save the Mapes, was also a prime mover at the event. The Siena ballroom was configured to resemble the Mapes Sky Room for an evening floor show. During its heyday, from 1947 to 1982, the Mapes Sky Room featured top names in the entertainment world and was the site of a live telecast on the popular "The Ed Sullivan Show," which typically aired from New York City.
In addition to cocktails and hors d'ouvres, the evening featured a silent auction of Mapes memorabilia, book signings by local historian authors and a number of other displays. Also in force were representatives of the current local Olympics Organizing Committee that is seeking the return of the Winter Olympic Games, which were last held here at Squaw Valley in 1960. The Mapes' Olympic tie-in was that the official Olympic press club was housed on the top floor of the 12-story Mapes and attracted worldwide press, most notably Walter Cronkite who was the first telecaster of any Olympic games.
Sunday's live entertainment consisted of a local dance troupe, the Smoking Bulldogs band, singers Jakki Ford and Burt Bonaldi of the Gaylords fame. Dancing a la the Sky Room was also a big part of the evening. In addition to the Preservation Society monies collected, funds also went to children's cancer research.
Promoters of the Sky Room party were so pleased that they are considering making it an annual event.
Harry Spencer is a freelance writer in Reno. His column about the past and present of northern Nevada appears weekly in the Tribune.
Editor's note: Opinions expressed in Harry Spencer's column are his own and do not necessarily reflect those of the Tribune.


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where can that Google Calendar Blog be found.. searched of all places on Google.. nada
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In the late eighties there was a free program distributed by either MS or Gateway (software included with computer purchase) simply called Calendar or Appointment (don't remember). That program was a mimic of the popular paper-based executive appointment scheduler binder type books that everyone seem to have a need for. The program did most everything you needed, kept good records that were searchable and had a very small footprint on the harddrive (which was a whopping 10MEG at that time - never did fill that hard drive). Too bad it's so danged hard to find something simply like that these days...
Posted 03 January 2013 - 01:13 PM
He probably meant Forum not Blog
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If you go to "edit event" you can manually enter any time you would like. The drop down menu only allows you to select 30 minute segments.
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Not sure if this was ever resolved.
If you go into the settings of a Calendar you have the option to change the default duration of a meeting that you didn't include an ending time on. The default is set for one hour, but 15 minutes is an option in the dropdown menu to change the default to. Once you save the change the Calendar will schedule all appts you enter with a start time but no end time as 15 minutes.
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Also find re-entering address and telephone, needed her for public transit, each time a pain. Any advice?
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In my case, 15 months of previous events (Oct 2011 to Dec 2012) dramatically disappeared - with no help from me - never to return. As well, EVERY ONE of my repeated events (birthdays etc for the previous 5 and next 10 years) escaped into the ether, without so much as a goodbye.
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09/17/2012 - September marks the low point each year for melting sea ice in the Arctic, and this year has already broken the mark reached in 2007. Unlike those set in the summer Olympics, however, this record spells bad news for the Central Arctic Ocean, where newly open water is likely to attract industrial fishing fleets to a region without any rules governing the catch.For all of human history, the Central Arctic Ocean has been covered with permanent sea ice. The region's remarkable species - whales, seals, polar bears, walrus, seabirds, and fish found nowhere else on Earth - adapted and thrived in this icy seascape. The rich marine ecosystem has also supported vibrant Inuit and other indigenous communities uniquely adapted to an ice-based environment. Today, 4 million people inhabit the Arctic.Increased melting, however, means that permanent ice is being replaced by seasonal ice and open water. An ecosystem built on permanent ice is starting to restructure itself in ways never before witnessed. Arctic species will adapt or diminish, and sub-Arctic species could find their way north to fill ecological niches. No one can predict the result. What is certain is that industry is pushing into newly melted waters. Most new industrial activity will take place in the areas of ocean under the jurisdiction of Arctic countries. But a very large expanse of open water is emerging from the ice each summer north of Alaska, just beyond the 200-mile maritime boundary of Russia, the United States, and Canada. Much of this region contains relatively shallow water over a continental shelf, the type of fishing ground targeted by industrial fishing fleets around the world.Without rules to govern these massive vessels, the Central Arctic Ocean is threatened by overfishing. Moreover, the lack of scientific knowledge about how the Arctic ecosystem is changing increases this risk. Even moderate fishing of a keystone species such as Arctic cod creates the danger of unpredictable ripples up the food web for seals, birds, whales, and polar bears.Fortunately, a simple solution is available. Arctic countries should draft an international agreement preventing the start of industrial fishing in the high seas of the Central Arctic Ocean until scientific research and rules are in place to ensure that it can be done sustainably. With the leadership of the five Arctic coastal countries - Canada, the United States, Russia, Norway and Greenland - major fishing countries from beyond the Arctic also could be persuaded to sign. Because fishing hasn't started yet, no jobs would be lost. All interested countries could participate in joint research on Arctic ecology to learn about the changes occurring in these waters.Four months ago, more than 2,000 scientists from around the globe called for just such an agreement. The United States, Greenland and Canada have expressed support. Discussions in Russia and Norway about the need for an agreement will take place in the next month. If Arctic countries join together, they can protect the region from substantial environmental harm.In the next few weeks, scientists will report on the extent of the new record set for ice melting at the top of the globe. In the next few months, Arctic countries could deliver some rare good news about fixing one of the problems created by this loss of sea ice. If they do, they will deserve an environmental gold medal. ---ABOUT THE WRITERScott Highleyman directs the Pew Environment Group's International Arctic Program. Readers may write to him at Pew Environment Group, 901 E Street NW, Washington, D.C. 20036; email: firstname.lastname@example.com.
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The last 6 months have been a pretty difficult time for me. Then just as the new year was beginning my mother passed away. So for me it's been a roller coaster of mixed emotions.
Having my sister here was exactly what I needed. I just know 2012 will be a better year! I'm hoping and praying the new year will bring happiness, peace, patience and great things for myself and my family.
On a happier note, while my sister was here we did a lot of cooking. So I have a few new recipes to share with everyone. One dish in particular was Black Bean, Corn & Salsa Chicken. This meal was easy peasy because you just toss everything into the slow cooker and let it do its magic. Don't ya just love those types of recipes?
If you love cilantro than you will enjoy this recipe. This rice pairs perfectly with any Mexican inspired dish and is such a nice change from traditional Spanish rice.
I couldn't help myself and kept eating serving after serving of this rice. The Salsa Chicken yields a good size batch, so I froze the leftovers for another night. I think they would make great Quesadillas or Tacos.
Slow Cooker Black Bean, Corn & Salsa Chicken
1 - 15 oz can Bush's black bean, drained & rinsed
1 - 16 oz can Bush's pinto beans, drained & rinsed,
2 - 11 0z cans mexicorn, drained
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5 - 6 chicken breasts
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garnish: cut avocados, sour cream, lettuce, tomato, queso fresco or cheddar cheese.
Drain and rinse beans. Add beans, mexicorn, taco seasoning, and water in crock pot and mix together until seasoning is dissolved.
Place chicken breasts on top and spread salsa on chicken. Cook on high for 4 hours or low for 6 - 8.
Remove chicken to cool. Using a fork shred meat and add back to the crock pot.
Stir to mix and cook an additional 20 minutes. Serve on flour tortillas.
Garnish with cheese, sour cream, avocado, lettuce, tomato, and salsa or hot sauce.
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Code monkeys won't save news, journalists will
As journalists, we pride ourselves on asking the right questions.
Why, then, does the New York Times come excruciatingly close to nailing the key to journalism's future, yet still ask the wrong question?
A recent Times Magazine article talked about how a Nick Bilton, former hacker-journalist at the Times, is teaching his students the importance of thinking like programmers.
"[R]eporters need to know how to manipulate computers in order to tell the stories that matter most to their audiences," the article paraphrased Bilton.
The author of the article, Nicholas Carlson, goes on to talk about the cutting-edgeness ofColumbia University's new programming and journalism master's.
Right on.
And then we have the question posed to us: "But what's in it for the engineers, who might have more lucrative things to do than save journalism?"
Cue the ripping out of hair.
Programmer-journalists are not computer engineers.
Computer engineers are not the key to journalism's survival.
Read that again. Ad nauseum, if necessary.
Sure, the l33t (hacker-speak for "elite") ones may be. I know of a couple who started out as engineers and turned into journalists. But for the most part, it works the other way around. Most programmer-journalists are journalists who see the advantage in knowing how to bend a computer to their wills because they know they can get better stories or better audience connection that way. They're already invested in saving journalism, because journalism is what they love.
That's the difference between an engineer and a programmer-journalist. And its importance cannot be overrated.
And yes, the industry needs its hardcore hackers and its sysadmins to stay afloat. I'm not suggesting love for journalism is a must for all techie jobs in the journalism sphere. But it's essential for anyone with programming skill who's going to try to "save journalism." (As an aside, I think it's newspapers that need saving, not journalism. Journalism's doing just fine, thank you very much.)
Need more proof? Read through this revealing and fascinating blog post written by Paul Biggar, one of Newstilt's co-founders, about why he and his partner decided to shut down the startup. One theme you'll find is that they weren't all that excited about journalism in the first place:
"We weren't intrinsically motivated by news and journalism… Our desire to keep pushing the "mission" was extremely low… We didn't really care about journalism, and weren't even avid news readers… This compounded when we didn't really know anything about the industry, or what readers wanted."
I'm not trying to knock the idea or Biggar. I think it was a great idea that flopped for a variety of reasons, and Biggar himself is taking a critical look at why. The first in a list of his personal lessons learned is, "Deeply care about what you're working on."
And what's he doing now that his startup has folded? Working for Mozilla, on Firefox's Javascript engine. Code is his passion: "I'm loving working on compilers again."
Sound like the future of news to you? Apparently it does to the New York Times. That frightens me a lot.


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I would go with GAC and a Fleck valve of your budget choice.
I have mild H2S in my water. Constant in both hot and cold. I originally bought an all in one iron softener with KDF, but you guys talked me out of the KDF. The softener is working great, but I do need to do something about the H2S.
I'm having trouble making the decision as to activated versus catalytic carbon, and whether or not I should get an air injection valve.
Obviously the catalytic carbon and the air injection are more expensive. Does the extra money get you significantly longer life or better performance?
I am also concerned with pressure drop with another tank, are the carbon tank service flow numbers based on the assumption of treating really nasty water, or based on flow impedance?
I would go with GAC and a Fleck valve of your budget choice.
[B]No, plumbing ain't rocket science. Unlike rocket science, plumbing requires a license[B]
Carbon (Granular Activated Carboc) service flow rates are based on removal of multiple chemicals including VOC THMs Chlorine, etc. The Carbon will flow much higher than the service flows but lower removal rates will occur. Chlorine removal rates will usually remain very high even at higher flow rates. For H2S, I would recommend a catalytic GAC, but many people use standard GAC with great success. You should not notice a flow reduction if you install a good quality and properly sized GAC. I would recommend at least a 1.5 cu. ft. or parger unit.
Wiki says : Granulated Activated carbon, also called activated charcoal, activated coal, or carbo activatus, is a form of carbon processed to be riddled with small, low-volume pores that increase the surface area available for adsorption or chemical reactions.[1] Activated is sometimes substituted with active.
Due to its high degree of microporosity, just one gram of activated carbon has a surface area in excess of 500 m2, as determined by adsorption isotherms of carbon dioxide gas at room or 0.0 °C temperature. An activation level sufficient for useful application may be attained solely from high surface area; however, further chemical treatment often enhances adsorption properties.
[B]No, plumbing ain't rocket science. Unlike rocket science, plumbing requires a license[B]
Ill have to add that bit of information to my training seminars. I rarely go into it that technically during my training seminars, but that just sounds good!
Anyone attending the Pentair University in October? Word has it we may get to play with the EDI unit.
Seems the flow rate for carbon of either type is only about 2gpm/ft^3, so ~4gpm for a 2cf tank. What kind of service flow can I really get through a 2cf tank without a noticeable pressure drop? They say flows of 2-3x the specified service flow are possible. I plan to install this after my 1.5cf softener, so it's not going to be seeing any iron, just H2S.
Price for regular GAC looks to be ballpark about $100cf, catalytic about $200cf. Does the catalytic pencil out and last twice as long or subjectively work twice as well? Realistically, what should I expect for rebed frequency? I'm thinking maybe 3-4 years?
Catalytic carbon on paper is better than standard GAC for H2S. The flow rate of a 2 cu. ft. with a 7000 valve will peak in the 17-20 GPM range. Service flows are as you stated, much lower. Take a good look at your house and try to determine the actual peak usage, not a theoretical peak. Do you regularly run the laundry, dishwasher, 2 shoers, flush toilets, and use faucets all at the same time? Not likely, so a 2 Cu. Ft. GAC should definetly meet your needs.
What level of iron do you have? You may find a much better solution for H2S and iron. Can you post a recent water test? If you own a well, a proper test is relatively cheap and should be done every year or so.
I only have about 1ppm iron and 6-7 grains hardness.
I also considered a Filox tank, but thought with the low level iron being taken out by thr softener, that carbon might offer an overall better water taste and smell. I also have concerns about ORP with Filox. Does catalytic carbon have the same needs?
Ideally I will get a tank and valve that will work for either in case I want to switch things around later.
I ordered a 2cf Centaur unit with a 7000SXT head on it. I'll give an update in a few weeks once I've got it running.
Good choice and good luck
[B]No, plumbing ain't rocket science. Unlike rocket science, plumbing requires a license[B]
I got the equipment today. I filled the tank with the carbon and water, I'll let it soak till the weekend. That was a dusty job, and that 7000 valve is HUGE!
The instructions recommend chlorinating the well and all plumbing. Do you guys think that is a good idea, I hate to do it unnecessarily but will if it's the right way to make sure this is started up correctly.
I would. It's not a bad idea to flush any bacteria from the whole system before you put the carbon filter onliune. Bacteria grow profusely in carbon media.
[B]No, plumbing ain't rocket science. Unlike rocket science, plumbing requires a license[B]
Does the carbon system itself need to be disinfected? I was assuming it would be wise to put the carbon and softener on bypass when doing this.
Carbon will stop any chlorine from going through so sanitizing can be difficult if not impossisble. If bacteria becomes a concern, changing the carbon regulalry will help minimize this issue. The systems should be bypassed during sanitization, but the softener can be sanitized seperately by adding a small amount of bleach to the brine tank and regenerating the system. This should be done rarely as chlorine will damage resin over time. A single sanitization will not affect it in any way that you would notice.
Starting up Centaur carbon, soaking it for a few days is highly advised, as well as running it through multiple backwash/fast rinse cycles prior to running it to your house.
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Do you like bread? Salty snacks? Sweet treats? Ice cream? Need to know what to replace them with?
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Cupcakes, who? Three Tarts founder Marla D'Urso thinks those treats have had their day and it's time for a new sweet obsession: marshmallows. We don't need a lot of convincing. We're suckers for the pillowy confections—even grocery store varieties will do in a pinch—and these small-batch puffs are no ordinary marshmallows. D'Urso and her co-bakers craft their haute squares to be perfectly squishy, with a smooth texture and sophisticated flavor.
These are straight up gourmet marshmallows. I could eat them plain but they are so much better in hot cocoa!
I like marshmallows, but I did not like these. I got a sample of the cinnamon flavor with high hopes, but after tasting them I was disappointed. The cinnamon was more spicy/tart than it was sweet and, in my opinion, it did not mix well with the marshmallow taste. I shared some with my friend and she agreed that they were nothing special. I would much rather stick with regular marshmallows!
I loved these marshmallows, they were soft, fluffy, and the flavor was amazing. I'd recommend trying these if you are a fan of rosemary!!
Ok, so these are fantastic. They are pricey but you know that when you order them. My husband and I both love them. I only wish that BB had more than the 2 flavors available because Three Tarts has 5 or 6 different flavors including Raspberry which I would certainly buy!
I have now bought the vanilla and rosemary chocolate versions of these. I looked the vanilla ones although I couldn't really detect a distinct vanilla flavor. The rosemary chocolate are very heavy on the rosemary and light on the chocolate flavor. I've had a rosemary mocha before in Portland and thought that these would be similarly refreshing. They're okay. I don't hate them, but I don't love them.
I received a sample of this in my Snowy Day box and forgot all about it until the temperatures fell into the 20's again yesterday. When I retrieved them from my cupboard, they were no longer soft like they were when I first got them a couple of months ago. But, I hope they were still okay to use, because I paired them with the Askinosie Cocoa and made a delicious treat for myself. Even though they had gotten a little hard, they slowly melted into the cocoa and added a nice touch of cinnamon to the cocoa. (I highly suggest getting the cinnamon flavor if you plan on using them for cocoa. ) You'll feel like you're indulging in a real treat. They are better than the ones you can buy in the supermarket - even nice enough for gift giving . I can only imagine how good they would have been if I tried them more when they were still soft and squishy!
I dont even like marshmallows but these are amazing. who knew?! it was a cold winter and i was craving hot chocolate. after reading the reviews i had to try and i am glad i did! I got the cinnamon and i plan on keeping these as a regular stock in my house. it slowly melts and adds an awesome touch to your chocolate.
I think Rosemary/Chocolate was the wrong choice for me, sometin about the rosemary flavor and being green and brown just wasn't for me!
got these in my special snowday birchbox. the cinnamon ones are perfect with hot chocolate, and they melt perfectly. also they're just a little powdery but super soft and squishy. fun to eat but also a little extra fancy than your average marshmallow.
I'm not a big marshmellow person, but I am a cinnamon girl. I was skeptical about trying these after receiving them in my snow day box. When I finally caved in and tried them I fell in love, I couldn't savor the taste long enough.


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What is the International Tracing Service?
The International Tracing Service (ITS) in Bad Arolsen documents the fate of the victims of Nazi persecution. The archival holdings encompass a total of about 30 million documents on concentration camps, Gestapo prisons, ghettos as well as on forced labour and displaced persons.
Which are the tasks performed by the ITS?
Among the principal tasks of the ITS are:
- the provision of information to survivors and family members of Nazi persecutes.
- the clarification of fates and the search for family members.
- the description, preservation, conservation and restoration of the historical documents.
- research, education and remembrance.
Why is the ITS located in Bad Arolsen?
The town in North Hesse was chosen to be the site of the tracing service after the Second World War, because it was situated right in the middle of the four occupation zones. Having remained virtually undamaged by war, Arolsen offered the convenience of intact telegraph and telephone cables. The ITS moved into an office building (today the town hall) and then into former SS barracks as these had sufficient space for its documents and the great number of employees. When the NATO laid claim to the barracks in 1952, a new main building at Große Allee, which still houses the archives today, was built for the ITS. To have enough room, the ITS rented another three buildings in town.
What is the history of the ITS?
The institution's initial tasks were: to help the survivors of National Socialist persecution, to clarify fates and coordinate the search for any next-of-kin who might have survived. Hence the name of the institution: International Tracing Service. Over the years and decades, the mandates of the tracing service were gradually widened for instance by building up the archives, collecting and preserving documents on Nazi persecution, on the exploitation of people through forced labour and on displaced persons. Additional tasks came to be the provision of information from the documents to survivors and family members of victims, the issue of certificates allowing people to claim pension and indemnification payments and the assistance with court proceedings against Nazi criminals. Since the opening of the archives in November 2007, the ITS has increasingly engaged in the fields of research, remembrance and educational work.
Who runs the International Tracing Service?
The activities of the International Tracing Service are supervised by an International Commission with representatives from eleven member states (Belgium, France, Germany, Greece, Israel, Italy, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Poland, the United Kingdom and the United States of America). Their legal basis is stipulated by the Berlin agreements which came into force in January 2013. The institution is financed from the budget of the German Federal Government. The German Federal Archives are the institutional partner for the ITS. The director of the ITS is appointed by the International Commission, acts as its secretary and is accountable directly to the Commission. Since January 2013, Rebecca Boehling is the director of the ITS.
Why did the ICRC withdraw from the management of the ITS?
The opening of the archives to research in November 2007 highlighted the necessity of changes in both management and archival tasks. Research and education and the archival description of the documents gain more importance in relation to the tasks of tracing and clarifying fates. Since these new activities are not part of its humanitarian mission, the ICRC withdrew from the management of the ITS in December 2012. It held that position since 1955 according to the Bonn agreements.
Will the ICRC remain involved in the work of the ITS after its withdrawal?
The ICRC takes part in International Commission meetings as a permanent observer. A liaison office was opened at the ICRC in Geneva to mediate between the ITS and the National Red Cross Societies on issues relating to the reuniting of families. The humanitarian work is continued in the same way as today.
What role do the German Federal Archives play?
The German Federal Archives are the new institutional partner of the ITS since January 2013. The role of the institutional partner is to advise and work together with the International Commission and the director of the ITS to implement policy in fields such as conservation and preservation, cataloguing and indexing, budgeting, human resource management and auditing. The Federal Archives also attend International Commission meetings as a permanent observer.
Do the access rules for the Federal Archives also apply to the ITS?
No, the regulations for access to the ITS´s archival holdings are laid down by the director in coordination with the International Commission. Germany's Federal Archival Law does not apply in the ITS archives.
Which documents are preserved in the archives?
The ITS archives preserve documents from the National Socialist and the immediate post-war eras subdivided by the three relevant fields: incarceration, forced labour and displaced persons. To these can be added records that were created in the course of the tracing service's activities, e.g. the Central Name Index, the child-tracing archives and the correspondence with survivors, family members of the victims of Nazi persecution and other institutions.
Which is the current digitisation status?
The ITS will digitise its entire collections. Among these are documents on concentration camps, ghettos and prisons (about 18 million images), the Central Name Index of the ITS (about 42 million images), registration cards on displaced persons (about 7 million images), documents relating to forced labour (about 13 million images), records from DP camps and on emigration action after the Second World War (about 5 million images) and the records of the child tracing branch and of the so-called general documents. The scanning of the three million correspondence case files will take some years' time still.
Which countries receive copies of the documents?
Following the decision taken by the International Commission, every one of the eleven member states may receive a digital copy of the documents kept in Bad Arolsen. Seven countries have already asked for a copy up to now. In Israel the ITS documents can be consulted at Yad Vashem in Jerusalem, in the USA at the US Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington, in Poland at the Institute for National Remembrance in Warsaw, in Luxembourg at the Centre for Documentation and Research on Resistance, in Belgium at the Belgian State Archives in Brussels, in France at the French National Archives in Paris and in Great Britain at the Wiener Library in London.
Will the documents be placed on the internet?
This is not envisaged for the time being. In the past, the documents were organised and only made accessible by names ideally serving the ends of a tracing service. Considering that a description by place, origin and relevant topics is still missing, users either cannot selectively browse the data volumes at all or only with the assistance by an ITS expert. What complicates matters is that some personal information in the documents may be most confidential and sensitive. In accordance with the 2006 amendment protocol, every government may make the documents accessible for research in the premises of suited archives in its country. The researchers' dealings with the information will be subject to the domestic data privacy guidelines of the country they live in. At present, the documents from the ITS archives may be consulted in seven sites worldwide.
Which finding aids are available?
Striving to make the documents in the ITS archives accessible to research, the institution commenced describing and cataloguing its archival collections in December 2008. Up to now, the Central Name Index has been an important key to the documents. In future, finding aids are to be made available which describe the origin of the documents and their content. The finding aids cover the holdings which are not described in details in the general inventory and the searchable archival holdings and are of particular interest for historical research. In view of the dimensions of the archival collections, their description will take some years' time.
Who may pursue research in the archives?
The archives of the International Tracing Service are open to research projects. Scientists, regional historians, teachers and other interested persons may have access to the digital archives of the ITS. The access provisos are defined in the regulations for access and in the rules on fees and tariffs. Reading rooms, a database and a scholarly library are at the disposal of interested researchers. The institution itself accompanies research projects, enters into cooperation with other institutions, develops own projects and composes scholarly publications.
What does the ITS in the field of education?
The ITS feels bound by the task to communicate and pass on the significance of the documents kept in its archives to the general public and to succeeding generations. That is why the institution has worked out an educational concept of cooperation with schools, universities and other educational institutions. It provides for projects, seminars and workshops as well as for material to be used by schools and for advanced out-of-school training.
Does ITS still receive inquirires from survivors and family members of victims?
Every year the ITS receives more than 10,000 inquiries from about 70 countries relating to the fate of Nazi persecutees and former forced labourers. In 52 percent of the cases, the inquirer is interested in details on the persecution of concentration camp, ghetto and Gestapo prison inmates. In another 28 percent, information is requested on forced labour, and a third quota of 20 percent is interested in retracing the post-war history of displaced persons. To an ever-increasing rate, inquiries are filed by the second and third generations.
How long does it take to process a request?
As a rule, new requests by survivors and family members of Nazi persecutees should be answered within eight weeks. But due to the amount of requests, four months are the time frame at the moment. The search for family members which might involve other institutions in Germany and abroad takes between three months and two or three years. The time for an answer to requests by researchers depends on the subject.
Is it possible to visit the ITS?
Visitors to the International Tracing Service are invited to a Power Point presentation which offers an introduction into the tasks and history of the institution, the archival collections and individual fates. For organizational reasons, visitors are kindly requested to give notice in advance. Survivors of Nazi persecution and relatives of victims can take a look into the original documents. Prior to a visit to ITS, they should file an inquiry and schedule an appointment.
How many employees work for the ITS?
Almost 280 people work for the ITS, of which one third is involved in the digitisation and another third in the process of inquiries from survivors and family members of victims. Adjusting to the change of its tasks and objectives, the institution strives for a structural change and, consequently, for a reduction in personnel in a long-term perspective. With the women's share in ITS staff coming to 78 percent, the male employment rate is 22 percent. 32 percent of the staff are part-timers. The quota of severely handicapped people in staff numbers as a whole is fairly high at the ITS, i.e. 14 percent.
How is the ITS budget financed?
The ITS continues to be financed by the Federal Republic of Germany. In 2012, the Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and the Media took over responsibility for the ITS budget from the Federal Ministry of the Interior. In addition to the funding by the Federal Government, the ITS may receive voluntary contributions from the public as well as private sources to fulfil its objectives and tasks.
How many effects does the ITS keep?
The ITS archives still house about 2,800 effects of which the names of the former owners are known. The personal belongings are mainly wallets with papers, letters and photos the Nazis had seized from the prisoners when they entered the concentration camp. Money and valuables were seized by the Nazis. The effects therefore have no material value, while their sentimental value may be enormous for the next-of-kin of a former prisoner. The ITS is trying to return the leftovers to the families.
Where do the effects come from?
While most of the effects come from concentration camps Dachau and Neuengamme, some few could be retraced to Amersfoort, Bergen-Belsen, Natzweiler and Compiègne. The indemnification office of the federal state of Bavaria and the Administrative Office for Inner Restitutions had entrusted the effects into the care of the ITS in 1963.


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Just Peachy: More Wineries Could Be Eligible for Direct Shipping
March 10th, 2008
A bill is being considered in Georgia that could potentially open up the state to all wineries for direct shipping. The permit system that is in place right now works pretty well for eligible wineries, but the major issue is that some funky language makes it so that wineries cannot ship offsite orders to Georgia residents if the winery is represented by a distributor in Georgia.
3-6-31.(c)(4)No holder of a special order shipping license shall accept any order for any wine that is otherwise registered and designated pursuant to this title or from a person who is licensed under this title;
That little paragraph causes big problems for many wineries. House Bill 1061 would eliminate the distributor restriction, and would introduce a few more minor changes:
- a winery would no longer have to pay a bond, designate sales territories, or name a wholesaler in each territory (a conflicting law);
- brands must still be registered;
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- of-age individuals are limited to 12 cases of wine from each licensee per year (up from 5 cases per household); and
- it is explicitly stated that wineries may not ship to licensed premises,that sales and excise taxes must be paid and that a shipper must be a winery.
House Bill 1061 has already been approved by the house and was read and referred to a committee on February 28th by the Senate. All in all it's not a bad bill: More wineries can ship to Georgia, the law makes more sense, and Georgia gets more money.
7 Responses to "Just Peachy: More Wineries Could Be Eligible for Direct Shipping"
Is it currently legal to ship to licensed premises in Georgia? For instance, if I have a distributor in GA can I shop to a retail outlet in GA that would like a wine not currently represented by the distributor?
[...] the fiasco up in Maryland, it is great to see that the folks down in Georgia are getting it right. Granted, Georgia already has a decent direct shipping law on the books. But apparently their [...]
Ann, I'm not a legal expert (not even a legal amateur) but as someone who has been trying to get wine shipped to Georgia for many years I believe the answer to your question is no. The wholesale distributor business in Georgia is somewhat akin to an organized crime syndicate.
[...] we mentioned in a previous post, House Bill 1061 had passed in the House and has since passed in the Senate. It made its way onto [...]
[...] we mentioned in a previous post, House Bill 1061 had passed in the House and has since passed in the Senate. It made its way onto [...]
House Bill 1061 was signed by Governor Perdue (Act Number 526) It will become effective July 1, 2008.


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WEIRTON - Children attending the Weirton Christian Center, on Wednesday, helped to show their respect for the nation's military and those who have served with a visit to veterans living at the Wyngate Senior Living Community.
Kathy Hawken, from the military and veterans committee of the Brooke-Hancock Family Resource Network, explained the visit was part of a program they have been holding this week with the Christian Center.
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Children from the Weirton Christian Center visited Wyngate Senior Living Community in Weirton Wednesday to visit with close to 30 veterans living there, giving them gifts in honor of their service and hearing stories from their lives. -- Craig Howell
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